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McREL identified significant, positive relationships between Learning Bridges coursework and student achievement in both reading and mathematics. Effect sizes for significant relationships ranged from ES = .31 to ES = .56 and can be interpreted as medium to large according to Cohen’s guidelines. Females outscored their peers by .27; students of color outscored their peers by .22; students living in poverty outscored their peers by .14, and English language learners outscored their peers by .41 standard deviation units.

McREL 2009 Study

McREL 2008 Study

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CELEBRATING A PARTNERSHIP IN EXCELLENCE!!

Welcome to Online Learning through Hamline University!

Located in St. Paul, Minnesota, Hamline University is committed to supporting their students in their professional growth. Hamline facilitates the transformation of teaching and learning through reflection, construction of knowledge, and advocacy for all learners. They create communities of learners that value intellectual challenge and interdisciplinary scholarship in an atmosphere of mutual respect. Hamline University promotes pluralism, equity and social justice in schools and society.

Graduate credits earned through Learning Bridges courses may be applied as electives toward a Hamline University Master of Arts in Education degree. By registering through Learning Bridges, you are also registering for Hamline University graduate credit. No additional registration is required for credit.

For more information or to register for Learning Bridges courses through Hamline University, click here.

Aloha! Welcome Hawaii!

Hawaii Department of Education has chosen Learning Bridges’ Online Professional Development to meet the needs of their teachers to become “highly qualified” as well as to improve achievement through research-based instruction! Mahalo! to HIDOE for your support of Hawaii’s teachers!.

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Why Learning Bridges?

If teacher effectiveness is to be tied to student performance as measured by District or State Tests, the questions to ask are...

Will the professional development that builds capacity in teachers make a significant difference in academic achievement?
If so, how much difference?

Closing the Gaps

Learning Bridges® is proud to announce the availability of the Culturally Proficient Teaching Certificate from California State University – Bakersfield through four (4) new courses.

Learning Bridges System

EVERY teacher in North Carolina has access to the MOST effective strategies for their state standards in Language Arts and Mathemeatics. Teachers have access to powerful interventions needed for low test scores.

Free Resources & Featured Specials

Featured Online Class

EDCI 607G - How the Brain Learns

In this course, you will look at the way sensory memory contributes to learning through the three learning modalities (visual, auditory, and kinesthetic) that students use to process information. By understanding how the brain receives information, educators may also consider factors such as the social interaction and the physical environment when planning delivery of a lesson. The working memory and long-term memory are interrelated as they retain and retrieve information. Learn strategies to solidify learning and help with storage of information, such as incorporating rehearsal activities, establishing meaning and relevance, and regarding emotion as an important factor in learning.

FREE Instructional Strategy

Concrete to Representational to Abstract Instruction - MATH - Superior Impact on Achievement

STANDARD: Identifying fractional parts and writing fractions.

Grade Levels: Grades 1, 2, and 3

Significant time must be spent working with concrete materials and constructing pictures that represent the manipulatives before understanding of the abstract symbols will occur.

FREE Parent Activity

Parent Activity - Mathematics - NUMBER SENSE - Grade 6 - Understands the concepts of ratio, proportion, and percent and the relationships among them.

Ratio, proportion, and percent relationships can be fun to learn. Parents can help their child learn them using materials found at home. Learning the concepts with manipulatives first helps children to better understand these number sense concepts. Have your parents assist in learning these important concepts with checkers!

Featured Instructor

Cheryl Hayek

What an honor to be a part of the Learning Bridges team and to have the opportunity to share a bit about myself in the Newsletter! My name is Cheryl Hayek and I have yet to find a more engaging and dynamic way to reach out to the wonderful teachers across this country than Learning Bridges has enabled me to do. I have been repeatedly amazed at how teachers tirelessly give of themselves to help our youth. It has been an inspiration to me.

Featured Teaching Resource

Mindful Learning

Mindful Learning
101 Proven Strategies for Student and Teacher Success
Linda Campbell

"For teachers who want to use more research-based strategies but have little time, this book is a gem. The simple format, great diagrams, additional reading sources, and research-supported strategies are all time-savers for busy educators."

—Pattie Thomas, School Improvement Specialist
Talladega City Schools, AL

"This book is a teacher's toolbox, full of strategies that will strengthen student achievement. Once a teacher receives this resource, everyone in the school will want a copy!"

—Nancy Betler, Instructional Support Specialist
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, NC

Discussion Topic - What do YOU think?

Is Merit Pay the secret ingredient for improving teaching and learning? Kim Marshall - a teacher, principal, and district administrator in Boston Public Schools for 32 years says that it is an ineffective strategy (Education Week - 12/16/09) because...

What do YOU think about the impact, equity, and use of Merit Pay for teachers to improve teaching and learning?